I have been selling, supporting and flying with soaring instruments and software since 1990. I’m a very technical person and enjoy getting to know the details about the products with which I work. You can benefit from my technical knowledge and experience.

The videos are designed to meet several needs:

Product Overviews - Help determine whether a product is right for you before buying.

In-depth training - Get the most out of your existing soaring instruments and software.

"Spring Refresher Course" – Remind you how to use your instruments and software after the long winter.

Soaring club members - Learn how to use the instruments and software installed in the club's aircraft.

Access Options
Soaring Product Training videos can be accessed in several ways:

Rent an individual video for 30 days for $3

Purchase an individual video for $10

Rent ALL the videos in the series (dozens) for 1 year for $60 (That is only $5/month.) Includes existing videos, and new videos released during the rental period.

Purchase ALL the videos in the series (dozens) for $395. That includes all videos added in the future (5 to 10 added each year).

Purchase a Mutual Support Membership - Access to the entire Soaring Product Training series of videos is FREE for the duration of the membership. Mutual Support Memberships are available at several levels and include free one-on-one technical support, discounts on all orders, no handling fees for small orders, and free GPS flight recorder calibrations. Find out more: Mutual Support Memberships

How to Watch
You access the videos by going to the Vimeo web site or directly to: vimeo.com/ondemand/soaringproducttraining. Vimeo keeps track of the videos to which you currently have access. You can watch the videos in a web browser on any computer. You can also watch using the Vimeo App on iPones, iPads, Android devices, etc.

Rent vs. Buy
Rented videos are made available to you for a specified period of time. Purchased videos can be accessed any time. They do not expire or time-out.

I plan to support the soaring community for another 20 years, so the videos will be available at least that long. Of course, it is impossible to know whether Vimeo will offer Videos on Demand for the next 20 years, but I will do my best to make sure that all purchased videos will be available in one way or another.

New Videos Included
When you rent or purchase the entire series, you have access to not only all currently existing videos, but also all new videos added to this series in the future. I plan to create 5 to 10 videos every year and add them all to this series.

Why not Free?
You may wonder why the videos will not be available for free – as they have been in the past, and since some of them are product promotional videos. The reason is that creating them is a lot of work. Each video takes about 5 to 30 hours to setup, record, edit and publish. They are only medium quality video productions, but they have value. Unfortunately for me, not everyone who watches a video will buy the product in the video from my company. Sometimes they acquired the instrument along with a new or used glider. Sometimes they already bought the item from another company before they heard about the video. Believe it or not, I often hear from customers who used my videos to select their new soaring instrument, but bought the instrument somewhere else. Therefore, the assumption that the videos are paid for by instrument and software sales doesn’t quite work. I can’t support my family making free videos.

Vimeo Video On Demand Business Model - Compared with YouTube
You may ask why I can’t make money from YouTube advertising or get paid by YouTube based on the number of views – like those who do online car reviews. Unfortunately, the soaring community is not large enough to support thousands of views of a soaring product video – so getting paid by YouTube based on the number of views will not work, and advertisers are not interested in supporting videos that have only dozens or hundreds of views. The theoretical best soaring product review ever made wouldn’t make any money on YouTube.

Hopefully you will see value in the videos and buy or rent them.

I will work hard to provide content that you find interesting.

I am always open to ideas for new video reviews or training on a particular product.

Thank you for taking the time to learn about the Soaring Product Training video series.

Installing Vector
Maps
*** This video is out of date. It is no longer necessary to install vector maps. SeeYou automatically downloads vector maps as needed when you open a map or flight window.
More Information: SeeYou Tips

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Installing Airspace
*** This video is out of date. It is no longer necessary to install airspace. SeeYou automatically downloads current airspace as needed when you open a map or flight window.
More Information: SeeYou Tips

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Installing US
Sectional Aeronautical Charts
*** This video is somewhat out of date. The U.S. Sectional Chart map files are no longer available on the Naviter web site. They are available here: http://soaringdata.info/aviation/sectionals/CMR%20Format/.
Save the desired files to your computer and then, in SeeYou, go to the Tools menu and select Raster Maps. Then use the "Add" button to select the desired files.
More Information: SeeYou Tips

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Installing
Satellite Images
*** This video is out of date. It is no longer necessary to satellite image maps. SeeYou automatically downloads satellite image maps as needed when you open a map or flight window and use the small "S" icon in the lower-right corner of the screen to enable the display of satellite image maps.
More Information: SeeYou Tips

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Registration Key &
Waypoint Wizard
*** This video is out of date. It is no longer necessary to enter a long registration key when first enabling SeeYou, or after purchasing a SeeYou-Upgrade license. SeeYou now prompts you to log into the "SeeYou Cloud". Your SeeYou license status is stored in the SeeYou Cloud. That is easier than trying to keep track of a registration key or serial number.
Also, the video shows the "Waypoint Wizard". I don't recommend using it to import waypoints for the USA because it doesn't necessarily have current U.S. airport data. I have made current U.S. airport files available
here: http://cumulus-soaring.com/seeyou.htm#Downloads
More Information: SeeYou Tips

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Tools - Pilots &
Gliders
*** This video is slightly out of date. The Tools>Pilots menu is no longer available in SeeYou, but you can still add a pilot to the pilot list in the Edit>Flight Properties screen.
*** The information in the video about the Tools>Polars screen is still valid.
More Information: SeeYou Tips

Enabling Raster
Maps
*** This video is slightly out of date. The information about enabling the display of U.S. sectional charts is correct. But the information about satellite image maps is not exactly correct. Satellite image maps are now downloaded automatically when you open a map or flight window and use the small "S" button in the lower-left corner of the screen to enable their display.
More Information: SeeYou Tips

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Enabling Vector
Maps
*** This video is slightly out of date because it is no longer necessary to download or select vector maps. They are downloaded and displayed automatically when you open a map or flight window. Use the small "V" button in the lower-left corner of the screen to enable their display.
More Information: SeeYou Tips

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Enabling Airspace
Data
*** This video is slightly out of date because it is no longer necessary to download or select current airspace data. It is downloaded and displayed automatically when you open a map or flight window. Use the small "A" button in the lower-left corner of the screen to enable their display.
More Information: SeeYou Tips

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File Management -
Points.cup File - Favorite
*** This video is slightly out of date because changes to Windows file structure made it necessary to change the location in which SeeYou stores the "Points.cup" file that contains the active database of turnpoints and tasks. It is now stored in the C:\ProgramData\Naviter\SeeYou directory. It was previously stored in the ProgramFiles directory.
More Information: SeeYou Tips

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Waypoints Window - Favorite
*** This video is slightly out of date. The Waypoints and Tasks windows in SeeYou have been combined into a single window. It can be used to edit turnpoints and tasks.

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Tasks Window - Favorite
** This video is slightly out of date. The Waypoints and Tasks windows in SeeYou have been combined into a single window. It can be used to edit turnpoints and tasks.

10:09

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Tasks - FAI Areas - Favorite
*** This video is slightly out of date. The Waypoints and Tasks windows in SeeYou have been combined into a single window. It can be used to edit turnpoints and tasks.

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Tasks - Properties
*** This video is slightly out of date. The Waypoints and Tasks windows in SeeYou have been combined into a single window. It can be used to edit turnpoints and tasks.

4:56

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Worldwide Soaring
Turnpoint Exchange - Favorite

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Importing Waypoints
- Favorite
*** This video is slightly out of date. SeeYou has been updated to make it possible to open a new waypoint file either in a new window, or by replacing the waypoints and tasks currently in use in SeeYou. I have found that some features work best when you are working with the waypoints and tasks in SeeYou's active "points.cup" file. Therefore, before I open a new waypoint file, I do as the video suggests and first save the current waypoint file to my computer. Then I open the new waypoint file and select "Overwrite My Waypoints & Tasks". That puts the new data into the "active waypoints and task" data file that is saved when you quit SeeYou and re-opened automatically when you re-start SeeYou.
More Information: SeeYou Tips